Tabish Khair

Tabish Khair
Tabish Khair

Born and educated in Gaya, Bihar, Tabish Khair is an Indian writer and academic, currently based in Aarhus University, Denmark. His most recent book-publication is the novel, Night of Happiness (Picador, 2018).

The United States, the Country of Jekyll and Hyde

Two Americas exist—“US Jekyll” at home, sympathetic to personal identity claims, and “US Hyde” abroad, ready to sell bombs to uphold sovereignty. Both reject political sovereignty demands,…
▶29-Dec-2024
Tabish Khair

Why White Americans see the Brutality of Hamas but do not see the Brutalities Inflicted on the Palestinians

The reason why many decent Americans do not see the tragedy of the Palestinians is that Israel is doing to Palestine what white Americans did to the Native Americans.
▶16-Oct-2023
Tabish Khair
Essay

Why has the Rule of Law become so Fragile?

‘There is law that applies to certain criminal activities, which are usually connected to older, corporal forms of power and profit, but there is a clear lack of law, or its applicability, to newer…
▶13-Sep-2023
Tabish Khair

What Happens when Capital Evades the Nation

The new politics in Europe and the United States of whipping up hate of the outsider in the name of nationalism has its roots in the tensions between global and local capitalism.
▶11-Feb-2019
Tabish Khair